The Bears of San Francisco are a registered
501c3 non-profit organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area Bear Community.
In gay culture, a Bear is a large, hairy man who has a very
rugged, masculine look. Bears are one of many LGBTQ
communities with events, codes, and a culture-specific identity.

A question that is often asked of Mark Vogler and Gary Saperstein,
co-founders of Out in the Vineyard and Drink Careers 101 project advisory board members, when their friends visit California’s wine country. In a region that’s rich with
history and world renowned wineries, Mark said his LGBT friends often didn’t
know where to start when planning a trip to Napa and Sonoma Valley. With Mark
having an extensive background in tourism, and Gary in the restaurant industry,
the two combined their love for food, travel, and of course wine, to start Out
in the Vineyard.

Folsom Street Fair is an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair that
hosts a unique display of characters and exhibitionist events — and you’ve
probably never seen, or experienced, anything like it before.

If you didn’t get a chance to make it out this year, immerse yourself in
these amazing photos by Akshay Sawhney, a San Francisco-based photographer, to
get a little taste of how things went down.

So we already know about the epic 30th anniversary bash happening for the
Folsom Street Fair this year (If you don’t, click here: http://goo.gl/dm29Py),
but luckily for us, there’s a bunch of awesome parties happening as well!

On Friday, September 27th, join RECON’s Full Fetish San Francisco, where
you’ll party with European-style gear, some of the hottest DJ’s and
according to Folsom Street Events, hundreds of horny guys (this is a men only
party!).

The Folsom Street Fair is like nothing else in the world. Located on Folsom
Street in between 7th and 12th Streets, this fair brings nearly 400,000 people
from all over to enjoy 13 city blocks of adult entertainment. Folsom Street Fair
has over 200 exhibitor booths selling fetish gear and toys, a huge stage with
live performances from popular indie bands, two huge dance areas spinning
underground dance, public play stations and erotic artists areas. Folsom Street
Fair will be held on Sunday, September 29th, 2013 from 11am to 6:30pm.

This is one of the most exciting musicals I’ve been to! The soundtrack
(dance-floor hits including "It’s Raining Men" by The Weather Girls,
"We Belong" by Pat Benetar, and "I Will Survive" by Gloria
Gaynor), the costumes (glitter explosion, anyone?), the dancing, the drag queens
— all FABULOUS. They even picked 10 people to dance on stage towards the end,
and I was one of them!

If you’ve ever been declined a ride by a cab because you were holding hands with your partner, wearing assless chaps or sporting some drag — never fear, your homo-loving chariot is here! The Castro District welcomes Homobiles, a “proposed California NPO 501c3 (non-profit organization) committed to providing secure and reliable transit to the SF Bay Area LGBTIQQ community and its allies.”